US2145521A

US2145521A - Pocket billiard tray

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Publication number: US2145521A
Application number: US207601A
Authority: US
Inventors: Mischler Fred
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1938-05-12
Filing date: 1938-05-12
Publication date: 1939-01-31
Anticipated expiration: 1956-01-31

Description

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Emu 31, T1939. F. MISCHLER POCKET BILLIARD TRAY Filed May 12, 1938 2 Sheets-sheet 1 torneus 3l? i939. F. MISCHLER M5523 POCKET f BILLIARD TRAY Filed May l2, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Jan. 31, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2` Claims.

The present invention relates to new and useful :improvements in ball trays for pool tables of the type including a subway system and receptacle for the balls and has for its primary object to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a device which is adapted to greatly facilitate returning the balls to the table to be replayed after said balls have been pocketed.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a tray of the aforementioned character which will be comparatively simple in construction, strong, durable, highly eiiicient and reliable in use, compact, light in weight and which may be manufactured at low cost.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of the invention will become ape parent from a study of the following speciiication, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference 2O designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in vertical longitudinal sec tion through an end portion of a subway pool table, showing a tray constructed in accordance with the present invention in position to receive the balls as they are pocketed.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view, taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. l.

Figure 3 is a top plan view.

Figure 4 is a view in front elevation of the device. v

Figure 5 is a perspective View of the tray.

Figure 6 is a vertical sectional view through a slight modiiication.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that the reference numeral i designates generally an end portion of a subway pool table. The table l includes a conventional inclined ball return chute 2 which, of course, has communication with the different pockets of the table for receiving the balls as they are pocketed. At its lower end, the chute 2 terminates in a container 3 in which the pocketed balls collect.

The reference numeral 4 designates a tray of any suitable material, such as metal. rIhe tray l is adapted to be removably mounted in the container 3 and, as illustrated to advantage in Fig. 3 of the drawings, said tray conforms substantially to the shape of said container.

The tray l comprises a bottom 5, a back 5 and sides l. Rising from the sides 'l of the tray 4 are outturned, integral handles 8. The tray i further includes a restricted, open front portion 9 through which the balls enter from the chute 2. 55 The forward end portion of the bottom 5 of the tray Il is folded back on itself in a manner to provide an integral flange constituting a guard or retainer l 0 extending across the mouth portion 9.

It is thought that the manner of using the device will be readily apparent from a consideration of the foregoing. Before play starts and while the container 3 is empty, the tray l is placed in said container. Then, the balls as they are pocketed roll down the chute 2 over the guard itl and enter the tray It. When it is desired to return the balls to the table to be framed the tray fl, with the balls therein, may be conveniently lifted out of the container 3 through the medium of the handles 8 and said balls deposited 10 in the usual triangular frame on the table to be set up again, after which said tray t is replaced in the container 3. The guard lll prevents the balls from accidentally rolling out of the tray il when being transferred back to the table from the container 3.

In the slight modication illustrated in Fig. 6 of the drawings, the reference numeral ll design nates a pad of felt, rubber or any other suitable material which is mounted on the back 6 or the tray li for materially reducing or substantially eliminating noise when the balls enter said tray as well as to cushion said balls. The pad i i may be secured in position on the back S of the tray l in any suitable manner, as at l2.

It is believed that the many advantages of a 25 pool ball tray constructed in accordance with the present invention will be readily understood and although preferred embodiments of the device are as illustrated and described, it is to be understood that further modications and changes in 0 the details of construction may be resorted to which will fall Within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:-

1. A device of the class described comprising a tray adapted to be removably mounted in the ball collecting container of a subway billiard table, said tray including a bottom, a back rising from said bottom, side walls rising from the bottom, integral handles rising from said side walls, the tray further including a restricted, open mouth at its front for the passage of the balls thereinto from the subway system of the table, the bottom including an upwardly and rearwardly bent flange extending across the mouth of the tray for retaining the balls in said tray.

2. A pocket billiard tray adapted to be removably mounted in the ball collecting container of a subway billiard table, comprising a bottom, a back and side walls rising from said bottom, handles rising from said side walls, the tray further including a restricted, open mouth at its front for receiving the balls" from the subway system of the: table, an inclined flange extending across the mouth of the tray on the bottom thereof for retaining the balls in said tray, and a pad mounted on the back of the tray.

FRED MISCHLER.